Welcome to COH Hiriyur

Dr. Suresha D. Ekabote

DEAN(HORT.) COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE, HIRIYUR

Education

M.Sc PhD
Horticulture

Experience

7 Years of teaching experience
5 Years experience as CEO

Projects

Inter College WiFi System
Taxi Management Android App
School Homework App (Mac)

Joined

November, 2014

Dean’s Message:

Welcome to the College of Horticulture, Hiriyur, the College of Horticulture was brought under administrative control of University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga from 1^st April, 2013. This place is renowned for having the oldest dam Mari Kanive (Vani Vilas Sagra). The College of Horticulture, Babbur farm, Hiriyur, has successfully completed 14 years of fruitful academic accomplishment. It was started as part of ruralization of Horticulture education as envisaged by Govt. of Karnataka, in offering B.Sc.(Hort.) since 2^nd August 2010 and in 14^th October 2024, B.Sc.(Agri.) degree programme.

The college is imparting quality education since inception by focusing on making our students a good human being and successful professionals through strategic teaching in theoretical and practical aspects during the course of education. As a result, our students have been doing well and are getting top ranks and securing maximum number of JRF.

The College accredited by ICAR New Delhi and implemented the recommendations of the Sixth Deans’ Committee of ICAR with effect from the academic year 2024-25. With a total credits of 163 which is common for all the UG degree programmes across the Country. Further, the extra-curricular activities like NSS, physical education and yoga have been included as a part of syllabus. The college has dedicated faculty and staff, bright students with excellent records in academic, sports and cultural activities.

The college has well equipped class rooms, sports and library facilities and the University installed Academic Management System (AMS) software to assist university staff to manage students’ records. A student record embodies in various and numerous courses management, finance, examination, accommodation and other essential information

I wish all the students will make use of quality infrastructure, learning lessons, committed faculty and supporting staff services effectively for their professional growth and development.

Genesis/History

College of Horticulture - Hiriyur

The College of Horticulture, Hiriyur was established on 2nd August 2010 under the administrative control of University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot.College of Horticulture was brought under administrative control of University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga from 1^st April, 2013. Hiriyur is a small town located in the Chitradurga District, around 40 km from the Chitradurga. This place is renowned for having the oldest dam in Karnataka, Mari Kanive, which is built across the Vedavati River. Vani Vilas Sagar is an artificial lake built by the Maharaja of Mysore across river Vedavati having dimensions 162 ft by 1300 ft. This reservoir comprises two pavilion halls built in saracenic style.This town is famous for the Teru Malleshwara Temple, which is built in Dravidian style and comprises lofty Pyramidal towers. The ceiling of the main hall is painted with the scenes from Shiva Purana and Ramayana.

Historical Background

Babbur Farm was established in 1916 by a Renowned Scientist and the then Director of Agriculture Dr. L. C. Coleman.
Horticulture discipline was established in 1946 at College of Agriculture, Hebbal, Bengaluru.
Separate Department status was attained from 1964 with the formation of University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bengaluru.
Karnataka has been the first in the country to set-up a separate Department of Horticulture for the development of Horticulture, in the year 1965, vide G.O. No.AF77 AEG, dated 3rd November 1965. It is gratifying to note that, The All-India Horticultural “Development Conference”, held at Shimla in September 1966, passed a resolution, to follow the pattern of the Department of Horticulture of the then Mysore state, throughout India.
Then B.Sc. (Hort.) degree programme was initiated for the first time in the country during 1972 under UAS, Bengaluru and elevated to the status of the Division in 1976.
Considering the importance of Horticulture with respect to nutrition, scope of employment, contribution to national GDP growth and over all income and foreign exchange earnings, Government of Karnataka announced the establishment of University of Horticultural Sciences at Bagalkot in budgetary speech on 16th March 2007.
The College of Horticulture, Hiriyur was established during 2nd August 2010 under the administrative control of University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot.
College of Horticulture was brought under administrative control of University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga from 1st April, 2013.

Location

The College of Horticulture is situated 40 km away from Chitradurga on Bengaluru-Pune highway (NH-48) under Central Dry Zone of Karnataka at 13057׀North latitude and 76037 ׀East longitude with an altitude of 606 m above MSL. It is located 3 km away from Hiriyur city. The College Campus is having 47 ha of land, in which Pomegranate, Guava, Coconut, Mango, Banana, Sapota and other crops are being cultivated.

Growth of the Institution

The Karnataka state, which has been in the forefront in respect of Agricultural and Horticultural production, is blessed with an ideal Agro-climatic (10 zones) conditions and enterprising farming community. The state with its salubrious and moderate climate, accounts for an enormous area under Horticulture and also it is receiving an active support from the state as well as Central Government.
Out of 191 lakh hectares of geographical area in the state 123.1 lakh hectare is under cultivation. Horticulture crops occupies about 21.09 lakh hectare (NHB, 2019) which accounts to 17.13 per cent of the total cultivated area (121.5 lakh ha). Karnataka has immense potential in the cultivation of majority of the horticultural crops comprising of fruits (3.95 lakh ha), vegetables (4.31 lakh ha), flower crops (2.48 lakh ha), plantation, spices, medicinal and aromatic crops (2.63 lakh ha) (NHB data base 2018-19). Among them, spices and plantations are the major traditional export oriented crops from the state and the country, which comprises 55.04 per cent of the total area under horticultural crops in the state. Several Central Research Institutes viz., ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, ICAR-Directorate of Cashew, Puttur, ICAR-Central Plantation Crop Research Institute, Regional Centre Kidu, Vittla, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops Regional Station, Bengaluru, Boards (Coffee and Spices board), ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Regional Station, Appangala and Central Coffee Research Institute, Balehonnur were established in the state to address various production problems of the horticultural crops.

College Campus

The College of Horticulture is situated 40 km away from Chitradurga on Bengaluru-Pune highway (NH-48) under Central Dry Zone of Karnataka at 13057׀North latitude and 76037 ׀East longitude with an altitude of 606 m above MSL. It is located 3 km away from Hiriyur city. The College Campus is having 47 ha of land, in which Pomegranate, Guava, Coconut, Mango, Banana, Sapota and other crops are being cultivated.

Academic

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We are a leading academic school with excellent examination results, and impressive progression to top universities in this country and abroad.

Co-curricular activities

Student Development

The College has been giving equal importance to curricular and co-curricular activities aiming to have overall development of students, like sports, cultural activities and etc.
Ccurricular activities provide opportunities for students to build quality human resource to meet the future needs in the area of horticulture and agriculture sectors in the country, while co-curricular activities available in the College helps the students to become better citizens of the country.

Though B.Sc. (Hort.)and B.Sc. (Agri.) graduates are technically sound may lack in communication and entrepreneurship skills which affects their employability. To overcome these shortcomings, College administration has taken several initiatives as presented below:

Practical exposure to understand real field conditions under RHWE programme and the subsequent project work in their chosen field helps them to narrow down their interests and focus on their core area of interest.
Project work by each department is based on the real farmer issues that are discussed in ‘Farmer’s Thinking Forum’ meetings conducted in the campus. Wherein students were encouraged to participate and understand the needs of the society.
Hands on training and field exposure visits that form a part of the curriculum also play a major role in student development. To augment the knowledge gained, non-academic clubs help to build confidence to engage and channelize the student’s energy in a productive manner.
The theory and practical sessions attach emphasis on production, protection and post-harvest handling aspects including creation of value chain for horticulture produce.
Students are motivated to know their strengths and weaknesses, procedure for setting academic goals in areas like time management, comprehending the assignment, establishing a disciplined study routine, knowledge about the faculty and optimum use of the campus resources helps to improve the student’s performance.

The College admits on an average 80 students for UG programmes both in Horti and Agri. In addition, 15 per cent ICAR quota, 5 per cent lateral entry and 15 per cent NRI quota for B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture.

Sl. No.	Name of the Club	Name of the Teacher	Duration in years
01	Students Science Club	Smt. Dhanalakshmi T N	04 Years
02	Students Adventure Club	Smt. Shashikala Bai D & Dr. L. B. Ashok	01 Year & 03 Years
03	Fine Arts Club	Smt. Shashikala Bai D	04 Years
04	Literacy/ Music Club	Dr. Suresha D Ekabote & Dr. Vasudev K L	04 Years
05	Sports Club	Dr. Ramesh A N	04 Years
06	Culture Club	Dr. Raveesha S	04 Years